ABOUT NAOKI MAZAKI

Mazaki-san is a relatively new blacksmith, but has quickly gained a reputation for being a great knife maker in his tenure thus far. He focuses on producing knives in the most traditional ways and completes each knife himself. Before opening his own workship, he worked at Yoshikane Hamono, another very well regarded knife maker. Mazaki-san uses a combination of pre-laminated and in-house laminated steels, then finishes each knife by hand polishing them on Japanese natural whetstones. His knives typically have a tall blade height with continually evolving profiles, giving each batch a distinctly unique look. The distal taper is characteristic of Sanjo region knives, coming thick out of the handle, and thin at the tip.